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March 2026

Stephen Hornby and the cast

The BBC’s First Homosexual is 5 star smash…Just Read the Reviews!

Northern School of Writing lecturer and playwright Stephen Hornby has just completed a tour of his new play The BBC’s First Homosexual. Previews of the show featured in The Guardian, BBC Radio Four’s The World Tonight and the Manchester Evening News. The director of the play is Oli Hurst, a performance alumni from the University […]

Award-Winning YA novelist visits Northern School of Writing Students

Multi-Award winning novelist Danielle Jawondo spoke to students at The Northern School of Writing on March 11th 2026. As an author from Manchester with a working-class background, Danielle inspired students studying Introduction to Children’s Literature with conversation about the vitality of YA publishing, its social influence on generations of readers and her own experience from […]